There's a lot of misinformation circulating that obscures or softens Jack Dorsey's relationship to #Bluesky, Bluesky to Twitter, &/or Dorsey to Musk/Twitter.
On Dec 11, 2019, Dorsey announced on Twitter that he'd started Bluesky as part of Twitter, to serve Twitter, & funded by Twitter $, "to develop an open & decentralized standard for social media." (One already existed. Clearly the goal was one he controlled.)
"The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this [Bluesky] standard."
"The goal was to build a decentralized social network protocol that could eventually hook into Twitter — making it interoperable with other networks unrelated to the company...#Bluesky was set up as an independent entity producing nonproprietary open-source work — even as it was funded by Twitter"
Serving Musk's Twitter as a client remains a goal. Jack remains.
"[Q]:Dorsey is on your board and helped dream this all up....Has there been a change with his involvement in Bluesky?
Graber: Nope..."
Erin Conroy
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